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Table 5 Analysis of age of patients with cystic fibrosis in a Brazilian referral center during the decades of 1990 to 2000 and 2000 to 2010

From: Demographic, clinical, and laboratory parameters of cystic fibrosis during the last two decades: a comparative analysis

Age groups

Decades

p-value

OR (95% CI)

1990–2000

2000–2010

Newborn

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

<0.001

-

Infant

6 (7.0%)

6 (3.4%)

 

2.131 (0.63–7.19)

Preschool

25 (29.1%)

24 (13.6%)

 

2.602 (1.38–4.94)

Academic

18 (20.9%)

52 (29.4%)

 

0.636 (0.35–1.17)

Adolescent

27 (31.4%)

40 (22.6%)

 

1.567 (0.88–2.79)

Adult

10 (11.6%)

55 (31.0%)

 

0.293 (0.13–0.60)

  1. OR – odds ratio; CI – confidence interval. Statistical analysis was performed by the χ2 test. Statistically significant values are indicated by bold text.